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NICE DAY TODAY.
MORE COMING.
MAYBE SOME RAIN OVERNIGHT.

FAMOUS "DR. DANGER"  (GOOGLE HIM) WAS AT THE FAIR LAST  NIGHT
HERE IN TOWN AND OPENED UP THE MONSTER TRUCKS SHOW BY SPEEDING UP A RAMP (AT  HIGH SPEED) AND CRASHING INTO A SEMI-TRUCK.
IT STUNNED EVERYONE(ME TOO...DID NOT EVEN HAVE TIME TO GET A PHOTO)......BOOM, FLAMES, SMOKE....AND HE MADE IT.
BUT,  HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE  INJURIES.    I HEARD HE BROKE AN ELBOW, SOME RIBS, AND AN ANKLE.    THE HISTORY CHANNELL
TAPED IT AND IT WILL BE SHOWN THIS FALL.     AFTER HIS STUNT, THE MONSTER TRUCKS (FOUR TOTAL) SHOW BEGAN AND THE FULL GRANDSTAND
SEEMED TO LIKE THE STUNT AND MONSTER SHOW.   

PARADE WINNERS:
ANNTIQUE DIVISION....A 1974 AMBULANCE OWNED BY DAVE HINTZ.
HUMORUS....THE HOSPITAL ENTRY.
HORSE....MINI HORSES OWNED BY TERRY TRANEL
CHILDRENS....FIRST  UNITED METHODIST CHURCH YOUTH GROUP
PATRIOTIC....THE MAQUOKETA VFW
SPORTS....THE MAQUOKETA JUNIOR CARDS
CIVIC......MAQUOKETA FFA

TEN $50 BILLS GIVEN AWAY LAST NIGHT TO:    LEON STILLMUNKES,
MATT BUCK, DANIELLE MILLER, CHARLENE KILBURG, BEN CAMPBELL,
ALICE FELLER, KATE KRABBENHOFT, PAT HARTLEY, CRAIG DIETZ AND SARA JOHNSON.

JACKSON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN JUNE WAS 4.9 PERCENT....
UP FROM 4.5 IN MAY.

FOUR MEMBERS OF THIS YEAR'S MAQUOKETA VARSITY SOFTBALL TEAM
HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED WITH ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS.
SENIOR CATCHER, ERICA SUTTON......SENIOR SHORTSTOP LEXI BIEHL.....
JUNIOR RIGHT FIELDER DEMI CRIST....AND 8TH GRADE PITCHER CASSIE
RUPPERT.    THE MAQUOKETA  SOFTBALL TEAM FINISHED UP THE SEASON
WITH A 23 AND 17 RECORD.

TODAY IS KID'S DAY AT THE FAIR AND TOMORROW IS SENIOR CITIZEN
DAY.  
STOCK CAR RACING TONIGHT.

WHEN AT THE FAIR, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE GOOD FOOD AT THE 4-H FOOD STAND IN BOYER HALL  AND DON'T FORGET TO VISIT THE
MUSEUM IN PEARSON CENTER AND THE FARM MACHINERY MUSEUM
NEXT TO BOYER HALL.

SEE YOU AT THE FAIR!
DENNIS VOY

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BIG 90-MINUTE FAIR PARADE LAST NIGHT!    SHERI MELVOLD AND I  DESCRIBED IT ON KMAQ AM &FM.    LITTLE TOO LONG!  THEY NEED TO
PUT SOME RESTRICTIONS TO SHORTEN IT.    LIKE MAYBE JUST ONE FIRE
TRUCK PER DEPARTMENT...ONE ANTIQUE TRACTOR PER FAMILY...THERE WERE A NEARLY A DOZEN ENTRIES BY ONE TRUCKING FIRM....MANY HAD
NO DECORATIONS ON THEM, OR SIGNS....BUT....LOTS OF PEOPLE ENJOYED WATCHING IT.   QUITE A FEW BIG LAWN PARTIES ALONG THE  PARADE ROUTE.
THEN, AFTER THE PARADE I TOOK MY CAMERA OUT TO THE FAIR.    BIG
ATTENDANCE...AROUND 800 MORE THAN WEDNESDAY 2012.

CLICK-ON THE PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM!

COME TO THE FAIR!